US Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism & Liberal Internationalism from WWI to WWII, Exams of Political Science

Download US Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism & Liberal Internationalism from WWI to WWII and more Exams Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! Wilsonianism, or Liberal Internationalism - US intervenes frequently in Latin America in this period (Mexico, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Nicaragua). Domestic Support for LI - Wilson leads moderate-progressive wing of Democratic party - Wins plurality of the vote in 1912, so limited domestic base - Not initially focused on foreign policy; devoted to domestic reform Economic Liberalism - supports less restrictive tariff (1913) - free trade will help farmers and wage-workers; will limit economic dominance of industrial corporations - freer trade abroad will create new markets for US goods and limit imperial growth Political Liberalism - republican government is superior to autocracy and monarchy - militarization (Prussianism) will be avoided - democracies are more peaceful - arms production should be limited Pan-American Pact, 1913 - US attempts to implement peace pact for LA - mutual pledge to honor territorial integrity and support republican gov’t - US interventions in Mexico (1916) disrupt negotiations - Chile pursues territorial re-adjustment US in World War I - seeks to stay neutral, but Britain and Germany interfere with US shipping (Britain has blockaded Germany via N. Sea; Germany resorts to submarine warfare) - US naval power strengthened in 1916 - Navy is still focused on battle for “command of the seas”, not counter-sub or escort duty - the US does not enter the war until April 1917, after WW realizes that to not enter the war would be worse: the US will be junior partner to GB - US sends troops to Europe to earn a place at the post- war peace conference Problem of Post-War Order - what is the alternative to the League? - How can Unilateralism be preserved? - LI has social base among many strong social-reform progressives